“There’s a whole entire generation of us dying to tell you our Story because it’s true and because it’s relevant. And because it’s not an issue that can be ignored. There is light at the end of the tunnel. We are on the verge of an honest change. i can feel it in the air.”

Danielle Tarino is a person in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drugs since age 19. Danielle graduated from Rutgers University as a member of the Rutgers Recovery House on campus with a degree in political science and psychology.

Resulting from her own personal experience graduating from a supportive collegiate recovery program, Danielle has harnessed the opportunity to bring the lived youth recovery voice to Washington, D.C. serving as a Public Health Advisor for the federal government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.